At Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s iconic tours last year, countless fans dressed the part by adorning their faces with glitter. But what happens to all that shimmer when the final song ends? Glitter — a ...
Researchers have detected microplastics and other human-made particles embedded in the edible tissue of commonly consumed U.S ...
Austin, Texas, has a growing microplastic problem in its soil and bodies of water. Danielle Zaleski, a student at the University of Texas' Jackson School of Geosciences, pulled a core sample from the ...
Ongoing, fish-inspired research from Germany's University of Bonn could soon make our washing machines more planet-friendly. Professor Alexander Blanke's lab work has been awarded more than $161,000 ...
Microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic that range from the size of a sesame seed to microscopic particles –are increasingly showing up in our oceans, air and on our dinner plates, and this has ...
You probably think you're making smart choices when you toss those organic vegetables into your reusable shopping bag or ...
Microplastic pollution has been well-documented in recent years and has caught the public’s attention. Microplastic particles are smaller than 5 mm and can seep through filtration and treatment ...
An environmental coalition and the green home products brand Blueland are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to limit PVA film used in billions of laundry and dishwasher pods each year, saying ...
Local News Solutions to the microplastic problem Recent studies estimate the average American consumes a credit card's worth of plastic each week. That's equivalent to ingesting 50 plastic grocery ...